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Osteoporosis: Pathogenesis and risk factors

 • Age > 30 (post-peak bone mass)
 • Post-menopausal women ->
(MM, Lymphoma, Leukemia ... #Osteoporosis #pathophysiology
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
myeloma & Acute leukemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
commonly hairy-cell leukemia ... PolyarteritisNodosa #Pathophysiology
Acquired Disorders of Reduced Bone Strength: Pathogenesis
 • Hyperparathyroidism
 • Vitamin D deficiency
 • Malabsorption syndromes
myeloma lymphoma, leukemia ... #BoneStrength #pathophysiology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Treated Like Acute Leukemias ... Classification #pathophysiology
Retroviral Infections: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Note: A retrovirus is an RNA virus that uses reverse transcriptase to
T-cell lymphoma/leukemia ... #oncogenesis #pathophysiology
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Inflammatory Disease: (i.e. GCA, SLE, GPA) ->
Disease: (i.e. leukemia ... Occlusion #CRAO #pathophysiology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
promyelocytic leukemia ... protein C and S Pathophysiology
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Tissue damage • Leukemia ... CBC #hematology #pathophysiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
Leukemias Overview ... , CLL Acute leukemias ... Chronic leukemia ... Lymphoblastic Leukemia ... Chronic Myeloid Leukemia